CN117053465A

CN117053465A - Horizontal refrigerator

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Publication number: CN117053465A
Application number: CN202210477171.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨倩倩; 刘鹏超; 潘卫强; 李志超; 郑文超
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Special Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Special Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-03
Filing date: 2022-05-03
Publication date: 2023-11-14

Abstract

The application provides a horizontal refrigerator, which comprises a heat-insulating box body formed with a storage space, an evaporator embedded in the heat-insulating box body, and a fan, wherein the heat-insulating box body is provided with a shell, an inner container and a heat-insulating layer arranged between the shell and the inner container, the heat-insulating box body is also provided with a bottom-up air supply pipe, the upper end and the lower end of the air supply pipe are respectively communicated with the storage space, and the fan is matched with the air supply pipe so as to transfer cool air at the lower side of the storage space to the upper side of the storage space. The application solves the problem of the prior art that the manufacturing cost and the use cost are increased in order to solve the problem of poor refrigerating effect of the horizontal refrigerator at the position close to the door body.

Description

Horizontal refrigerator

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a horizontal refrigerator.

Background

At present, when commercial ice cream products on the market enter a summer ice cream selling season, the ice cream placed at the upper end of a carrying basket in the ice cream cabinet is melted and softened due to poor refrigerating effect at the position of the ice cream cabinet close to the upper end door body, and the softened ice cream can influence the taste of customers, so that the sales of the ice cream is also influenced.

Aiming at the technical problems, the existing solution is mainly to increase the refrigerating capacity of a compressor or increase the winding number of an evaporator. This solution increases the manufacturing costs first and belongs to the natural heat exchange, the farther the distance the worse the refrigeration effect is, the input is not proportional to the output. In addition, more power is consumed during use, thereby increasing the cost of using the ice bin for the user.

In a word, in order to solve the difficult problem that the refrigeration effect is poor at the position of the horizontal refrigerator close to the door body in the prior art, the problems of manufacturing cost and use cost increase exist.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to provide a horizontal refrigerator, which aims to solve the problem of the prior art that the manufacturing cost and the use cost are increased in order to solve the problem of poor refrigerating effect of the horizontal refrigerator at the position close to a door body.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the application provides a horizontal refrigerator, which comprises a heat insulation box body with a storage space, an evaporator embedded in the heat insulation box body, and a fan, wherein the heat insulation box body is provided with a shell, a liner and a heat insulation layer arranged between the shell and the liner, the heat insulation box body is also provided with a bottom-up air supply pipe, the upper end and the lower end of the air supply pipe are respectively communicated with the storage space, and the fan is matched with the air supply pipe so as to transfer cold air at the lower side of the storage space to the upper side of the air supply pipe.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, the inner container is provided with an upward opening carrying basket, the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket is abutted against the upper end of the side wall of the inner container, and the outer bottom wall of the carrying basket is at a predetermined distance from the bottom wall of the inner container.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, the upper end of the blast pipe is not lower than the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the application, the heat insulation box body further comprises a mouth frame fixedly connected to the upper ends of the shell and the liner, a buckle is arranged on the inner side wall of the mouth frame, and a clamping hook matched with the buckle is arranged at the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, the air supply pipe is fixedly disposed on an inner sidewall of the liner.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, an installation box for installing the fan is disposed on an inner side wall of the inner container, the installation box is opened toward the storage space, a lower end of the air supply pipe is disposed on the side wall of the installation box in a penetrating manner, and the fan is installed in the installation box and supplies cool air to the lower end of the air supply pipe.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, the evaporator is disposed in the heat-preserving layer around the side wall of the heat-preserving box, the air supply pipe is disposed in the heat-preserving layer and between the evaporator and the housing, and the pipe wall of the air supply pipe contacts with the pipe wall of the evaporator.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, a connecting portion where a pipe wall of the air supply pipe contacts with a pipe wall of the evaporator is sleeved on the pipe wall of the evaporator.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present application, an installation box for installing the fan is provided in the heat insulation layer, the installation box is opened toward the storage space and is communicated with the storage space, the lower end of the air supply pipe is penetrated on the side wall of the installation box, and the fan is installed in the installation box and supplies cool air to the lower end of the air supply pipe.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the application, the heat insulation box body further comprises a mouth frame fixedly connected to the upper ends of the shell and the liner, a cross beam is connected between two opposite long sides of the mouth frame, an air supply transverse pipe with one open end is fixedly connected to the lower end face of the cross beam, one open end of the air supply transverse pipe is communicated with the upper end of the air supply pipe, and a plurality of through holes for supplying air are formed in the pipe wall of the air supply transverse pipe.

Compared with the prior art, the application has the beneficial effects that:

the heat preservation box is provided with the blast pipe from bottom to top to for the blast pipe cooperation sets up the fan, with the air conditioning of storing space downside transmits its upside, thereby cools down the position that horizontal refrigerator-freezer is close to the door body, has solved among the prior art for improving the refrigeration effect that is close to the door body position, has the problem that manufacturing cost and use cost increase.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a horizontal refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a front view of the horizontal cooler of fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the direction A in FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a top view of the horizontal cooler of fig. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken in direction B of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a horizontal refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a top view of the horizontal cooler of fig. 6;

fig. 8 is a sectional view in the direction C of fig. 7.

Wherein the above figures include the following reference numerals:

1. a thermal insulation box body; 11. a housing; 12. an inner container; 121. a mounting box; 13. a heat preservation layer; 14. storage space, 15, mouth frame; 151. a buckle; 152. a cross beam; 153. a transverse air supply pipe; 1531. a through hole; 2. an evaporator; 3. a fan; 4. an air supply pipe; 41. a connection part; 5. a carrying basket; 51. and (5) clamping hooks.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT (S) OF INVENTION

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.

It is noted that all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs unless otherwise indicated.

In the present application, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" are used generally with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or with respect to the component itself in the vertical, upright or gravitational direction; also, for ease of understanding and description, "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the profile of each component itself, but the above-mentioned orientation terms are not intended to limit the present application.

In order to solve the problem that the refrigerating effect of the horizontal refrigerator is poor at the position close to the door body in the prior art, the problems of manufacturing cost and use cost increase are solved.

As shown in fig. 1-5, a horizontal refrigerator in this embodiment includes a heat insulation box 1 with a storage space, an evaporator 2 embedded in the heat insulation box, and a fan 3, where the heat insulation box has a casing 11, a liner 12, and a heat insulation layer 13 disposed between the casing and the liner, the heat insulation box 1 is further provided with a bottom-up air supply pipe 4, the upper and lower ends of the air supply pipe 4 are respectively communicated with the storage space 14, and the fan 3 is matched with the air supply pipe 4 to transfer the cool air at the lower side of the storage space 14 to the upper side thereof, so that the temperature at the position of the horizontal refrigerator close to the door is further reduced.

As shown in fig. 1, the inner container 12 is provided with an upwardly open carrying basket 5, the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket 5 is abutted against the upper end of the side wall of the inner container 12, and a predetermined distance exists between the outer bottom wall of the carrying basket 5 and the bottom wall of the inner container 12. When the carrying basket is filled with cold drink such as ice lolly and ice cream, a cavity is formed between the bottom wall of the carrying basket 5 and the inner container 12, and the cavity is positioned at the lower end of the storage space 14 and isolated from the outside. Because the cold air sinks, the temperature in the cavity is lower, and can reach about minus 27 ℃ generally, and the position near the door body can be further cooled by transmitting the cold air in the isolated cavity to the position near the door body of the horizontal refrigerator, so that the problem of poor refrigerating effect near the door body is solved.

It will be appreciated that the upper end of the blast pipe 4 is not lower than the upper end of the side wall of the basket 5. By this arrangement, when the cold air in the cavity at the lower end of the storage space 14 is transferred to the upper side, the cold air can be ensured to fall to the top end of the carrying basket 5, and the cold drink at the top end of the carrying basket 5 is prevented from being melted.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the insulation box 1 further comprises a mouth frame 15 fixedly connected to the upper ends of the outer shell 11 and the inner container 12, and the mouth frame 15 is usually clamped to the upper ends of the outer shell 11 and the inner container 12 before the insulation box 1 foams. The connection between the basket 5 and the mouth frame 15 is usually in a movable connection which is convenient to disassemble, so that a user can disassemble the basket 5 for cleaning. These movable connection means may be snap connection means, for example, a snap 151 is provided on the inner side wall of the mouth frame 15, then a hook 51 engaged with the snap is provided on the upper end of the side wall of the basket 5, and when the basket 5 is to be mounted on the mouth frame, the hook 51 is simply inserted into the snap 151. Of course, in the actual design process, a hook may be provided on the mouth frame 15, and a matched buckle may be provided on the carrying basket 5, which is not limited herein.

As shown in fig. 3-5, the air supply pipe 4 is fixedly arranged on the inner side wall of the inner container 12, and the air supply pipe 4 can be fixed on the inner container through an adhesive aluminum foil or fixedly connected with the inner container through other modes.

Further, an installation box 121 for installing the fan 3 is disposed on the inner sidewall of the inner container 12, the installation box 121 may be a prefabricated box body, the bottom of the installation box 121 is fixed on the inner sidewall of the inner container by a mounting screw, the opening of the installation box 121 faces the storage space 14, and the lower end of the air supply pipe 4 is arranged on a sidewall of the upper side of the installation box 121 in a penetrating manner, so that an air channel in the air supply pipe 4 is communicated with the inner cavity of the installation box. Then, the fan 3 is mounted in the inner cavity of the mounting box 121. When the fan 3 is turned on, cool air at the lower side of the storage space 14 is sucked through the opening of the mounting box 121 and then transferred from the lower end of the air supply duct 4 penetrating the sidewall thereof to the upper end of the air supply duct 4.

As a preferred mode, the insulation box 1 further includes a mouth frame 15 fixedly connected to the upper ends of the casing 11 and the liner 12, a cross beam 152 is connected between two opposite long sides of the mouth frame 15, an air supply horizontal tube 153 with an open end is fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the cross beam 152, an open end of the air supply horizontal tube 153 is communicated with the upper end of the air supply tube 4, and a plurality of through holes 1531 for supplying air are formed in the wall of the air supply horizontal tube 153. When the ventilation through holes 1531 are provided, the density of the through holes 1531 can be determined according to the articles at the corresponding positions in the basket 5, and the cool air can be uniformly spread on the surfaces of the articles in the basket 5 by providing the through holes 1531 and the density degree of the through holes 1531.

As shown in fig. 6-8, the present application also provides a second embodiment, which differs from the first embodiment in the location of the blower tube 4.

As shown in fig. 8, the evaporator 2 is embedded in the heat insulation layer 13 around the side wall of the heat insulation box, the air supply pipe 4 is also arranged in the heat insulation layer 13, the air supply pipe 4 is positioned between the evaporator 2 and the shell 11, and the pipe wall of the air supply pipe 4 and the pipe wall of the evaporator 2 are arranged to be in contact with each other. In this way, the wall of the air-sending pipe 4 can be in direct contact with the wall of the evaporator 2 to conduct heat, and the evaporator 2 can further reduce the temperature of the cold air in the air-sending pipe 4.

Further, the connecting portion 41, where the pipe wall of the air supply pipe 4 contacts with the pipe wall of the evaporator 2, is sleeved on the pipe wall of the evaporator 2, so that the contact area between the evaporator 2 and the air supply pipe 4 can be increased, and the efficiency of cooling air heat dissipation in the air supply pipe 4 can be improved conveniently.

Further, in order to match the blast pipe 4 installed in the heat insulation layer 13 to send the cool air at the lower side of the storage space 14 to the upper side, an installation box 121 for installing the fan 3 is embedded in the heat insulation layer 13, the installation box 121 is opened towards the storage space 14 and is communicated with the storage space 14, the lower end of the blast pipe 4 is penetrated on the side wall of the installation box 121 at the upper side, and the fan 3 is installed in the installation box 121 and can send the cool air to the lower end of the blast pipe 4.

In the second embodiment, the rest of the arrangements of the horizontal refrigerator are the same as those in the first embodiment, and will not be described here again.

As can be seen from the above description, the above embodiments of the present application achieve the following technical effects:

1. the heat preservation box is equipped with the blast pipe from bottom to top to for the blast pipe cooperation sets up the fan, with the air conditioning of storing space downside transmits its upside, thereby cools down the position that horizontal refrigerator-freezer is close to the door body, has solved among the prior art for improving the refrigeration effect that is close to the door body position, has the problem that manufacturing cost and use cost increase.

2. The wall of the air supply pipe is arranged to be in contact with the wall of the evaporator, and the evaporator is utilized to cool the cold air in the air supply pipe for the second time, so that the refrigerating effect of the cold air in the air supply pipe on the position, close to the door body, of the horizontal refrigerator is further ensured.

It should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is for clarity only, and that the skilled artisan should recognize that the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.

The above list of detailed descriptions is only specific to practical embodiments of the present application, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a horizontal freezer, its characterized in that, is including being formed with heat preservation box (1) in storing space, inlay and establish evaporimeter (2) and fan (3) in the heat preservation box, the heat preservation box has shell (11), inner bag (12), sets up heat preservation (13) between shell and inner bag, heat preservation box (1) still is equipped with blast pipe (4) from bottom to top, the upper and lower end of blast pipe (4) respectively with storing space (14) are linked together, fan (3) with blast pipe (4) cooperation sets up, in order to with the air conditioning of storing space (14) downside is transmitted its upside.

2. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein an upward opening carrying basket (5) is arranged in the inner container (12), the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket (5) is abutted against the upper end of the side wall of the inner container (12), and a preset distance exists between the outer bottom wall of the carrying basket (5) and the bottom wall of the inner container (12).

3. Horizontal refrigerator according to claim 2, characterized in that the upper end of the blast pipe (4) is not lower than the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket (5).

4. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the heat insulation box body (1) further comprises a mouth frame (15) fixedly connected to the upper ends of the outer shell (11) and the inner container (12), a buckle (151) is arranged on the inner side wall of the mouth frame (15), and a clamping hook (51) matched with the buckle is arranged at the upper end of the side wall of the carrying basket (5).

5. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the blast pipe (4) is fixedly arranged on the inner side wall of the inner container (12).

6. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein an installation box (121) for installing the fan is arranged on the inner side wall of the inner container (12), the installation box (121) is opened towards the storage space, the lower end of the air supply pipe (4) is arranged on the side wall of the installation box (121) in a penetrating manner, and the fan (3) is arranged in the installation box (121) and supplies cold air to the lower end of the air supply pipe (4).

7. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the evaporator (2) is arranged in a heat insulation layer (13) around the side wall of the heat insulation box body, the air supply pipe (4) is arranged in the heat insulation layer (13) and is positioned between the evaporator (2) and the shell (11), and the pipe wall of the air supply pipe (4) is in contact with the pipe wall of the evaporator (2).

8. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein a connecting part (41) of the pipe wall of the blast pipe (4) and the pipe wall of the evaporator (2) are sleeved on the pipe wall of the evaporator (2).

9. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein a mounting box (121) for mounting the fan is arranged in the heat preservation layer (13), the mounting box (121) is opened towards the storage space (14) and is communicated with the storage space (14), the lower end of the air supply pipe (4) is arranged on the side wall of the mounting box (121) in a penetrating manner, and the fan (3) is arranged in the mounting box (121) and supplies cold air to the lower end of the air supply pipe (4).

10. The horizontal refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the heat-insulating box body (1) further comprises a mouth frame (15) fixedly connected to the upper ends of the outer shell (11) and the inner container (12), a cross beam (152) is connected between two opposite long sides of the mouth frame (15), an air supply horizontal pipe (153) with one open end is fixedly connected to the lower end face of the cross beam (152), one open end of the air supply horizontal pipe (153) is communicated with the upper end of the air supply pipe (4), and a plurality of through holes (1531) for supplying air are formed in the pipe wall of the air supply horizontal pipe (153).